Sea-level change during the last thousand years in Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 977-983

  Kearney, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Little Ice Age; paleoclimate; radiocarbon dates; Sea level rise; shore erosion

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; PALAEOCLIMATE; RECENT HISTORY; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL RISE;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0030302806     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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